by Patricia | Sep 5, 2012 | Family Games, Math Games, Mathematics
Real Life Math Games to Reinforce Math Skills As you may recall, we are using RightStart Mathematics for our homeschool math curriculum. Both, Super Hero and I love RightStart Math. It relies heavily on games to reinforce and cement understanding and knowledge. We...
by Patricia | Sep 3, 2012 | iPad Apps, Writing
Writing Apps for iPad for Kids That Make Writing Fun? I’m In! I love it when I find a freebie that makes our learning more enjoyable and, better yet, that succeeds in keeping Super Hero enthusiastic about writing. This little writing iPad app for kids packed a...
by Patricia | Aug 29, 2012 | Art, Co-ops & Enrichment
Interested in Supplementing with Outside Art Classes in your Homeschool? This chart on Art Classes for Homeschoolers include places that teach art and look quite compelling to supplement any learning curriculum. Even though I included all that I could find, I’m...
by Patricia | Jun 26, 2012 | Art
Desert Collage with Acrylic Paints We finally got to do our first ‘real’ art project following the fantastic “The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas”. There are literally lots of ideas for fun projects that look fairly easy to make. I gave...
by Patricia | Jun 11, 2012 | Music
Super Hero’s First National Guild of Piano Teachers Audition Congratulations to our super Super Hero for a wonderful debut performance before the National Guild of Piano Teacher’s National Piano Playing Auditions held here at the University of...
by Patricia | Jun 1, 2012 | Geography, Social Studies
Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 3, Unit 2, Lesson 9: African Culture So after completing the South American Culture and Asian Culture lessons, we moved on to Africa, the last in the series. This went fairly quickly as AA worked his way around the Google Docs...
